The Daily Northwestern · NU Declassified: Ruminating on Room Selection After a year-long pause, Northwestern is reinstating its two-year on-campus live-in requirement for the 2021-22 academic year. Although about 80 percent of first year students lived on campus in 2020-21, according to Residential Services, students in the other 20 percent have lived in off-campus...

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Frances Willard holds an important place in history for her role as an educator, prohibitionist and suffragette. Evanston residents claim her as one of their most famous residents. On this episode of NU Declassified: Names You Need to Know, we dive into Frances Willard’s contributions to progressive movements and her connection to Northwestern. AUDREY HETTLEMAN:...

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Hear from professors and students about the Northwestern Twitterverse, and everything that does, or doesn’t, go into a professor’s daily tweets.  REBECCA SHAID: Have you ever scrolled on Twitter during class and cracked up because of a Tweet by the professor right in front of you? JORDAN MANGI: I go to sleep way too many...

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Is the quarter system really that stressful? How bad does the winter weather actually get? We asked incoming students what they wanted to know the most about Northwestern University. Then, we took to campus for answers. SHEENA TAN: Hi! Are you a student at NU?  LAURA SOLANO-FLÓREZ: Yeah. SHEENA TAN: Would you have time for...

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Robert McCormick’s name can be found all over Northwestern’s campus and Evanston. From buildings, to street signs, to entire undergraduate colleges, it can be found everywhere. This episode of NU Declassified: Names You Need to Know covers Robert McCormick and his history with Northwestern. SAMANTHA ANDERER: Who do you think Robert McCormick was? GUESSER: Probably...

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For many Wildcats, spring quarter is the best quarter on campus — the flowers start to bloom, the weather is finally warm, and you can spend your days on the Lakefill. Last year, the school year was cut short when students were sent home due to COVID-19 before Spring Quarter started. The Daily spoke to...

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In the midst of the pandemic, Northwestern students have found comfort in fostering cats and dogs. Many foster pet-parents have gotten their animals at the Evanston Animal Shelter, which runs a robust foster program. KELSEY-ANN LESLIE: You want to meet Rambo? VICTORIA BENEFIELD: Oh my God, I would love to! KELSEY-ANN LESLIE: Let me grab...

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In response to pandemic travel restrictions, Northwestern sophomores Garrett Breiner and Jake Geil turned to the outdoors. “It was a feeling I will never forget,” Breiner said. From traveling across the country in an RV, to hiking 200 miles of the Appalachian Trail, hear them recount the most memorable experiences of each journey. SHEENA TAN:...

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NU Declassified dove into Lovers & Madmen’s winter radio play “Sense and Sensibility,” which premiered February 25th. Contributors to the show, including the producer and director, explained how Discord, Zoom and other platforms were used to bring it to life. LAWRENCE PRICE: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Lawrence Price and this is NU Declassified, a...

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TikTok surged in popularity during quarantine and some Northwestern students found stardom with it. Listen to Northwestern TikTok creators talk about what inspires them, what they create and what went viral. ALI MCCADDEN: You just heard a sound that Medill sophomore Talia Schulhof made back in August. After TikTok users started using the sound to...

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